Alison Finch

CMO, Huawei Europe

Alison Finch studied Chemistry at Reading University, then began her corporate career as a graduate trainee for the privately-owned American Corporation, Mars. Over the next decade, her roles there varied from Sales & Marketing to Production Manager, in the largest canning factory in Europe, making petfood.

In 2000, Alison relocated to Melbourne Australia, as Head of Integration for a large Dairy Co-operative and furthered her expertise in Marketing, Human Resources & Value Chain Management.

In 2010, Alison set up her own Solar Installation business in Cardiff, UK and, as such, gained first-hand experience of the Solar Industry, before joining Huawei in March 2014 to establish Huawei Solar in the UK. Two years on, Huawei succeeded in grabbing the largest share of UK ground-mount solar inverter market and Alison has now taken on the challenging role of Chief Marketing Officer, Huawei Solar, Europe.